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Re: Ada character types : tree code and DW_AT_encoding
- From: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>
- To: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Cc: James E Wilson <wilson at specifix dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:25:12 +0100
- Subject: Re: Ada character types : tree code and DW_AT_encoding
- References: <20050705104516.GG28288@adacore.com><42FAB08F.7090807@specifix.com><m3d5ol1axz.fsf@localhost.localdomain>
Tom Tromey writes:
> >>>>> "Jim" == James E Wilson <wilson@specifix.com> writes:
>
> Jim> Java uses CHAR_TYPE. So Ada would not be the only supported language
> Jim> using it if you switched to it.
>
> I was under the impression that CHAR_TYPE was deprecated, so I
> purposely avoided it in gcjx. I'm not sure where I got that
> impression though.
I can't remember the context either, but I agree with your memory. I
think it was discussed a little while ago: the idea was entirely to
eliminate CHAR_TYPE from the compiler, and that FEs were doing so.
> Jim> I think it would be better if the language front ends switched to
> Jim> using CHAR_TYPE for character types.
Instead of switching away! Right, I guess we need to have the disussion.
Andrew.